Opiate and Opioid Abuse and Addiction

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   Opiate abuse and addiction – foreword

   

   Opium is a resin made by drying of the opium poppy sap called milk. Opium consists of about 40 natural opium alkaloids...

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   Opiate detox and withdrawal treatment

   

   Patient with reduced / eliminated tolerance are in risky situation because going back to addiction is life-threading...

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   Opiate dependence treatment

   

   Very effective medicament used to treat opiate and opioids dependence and to reduce relapse risk is methadone...